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Rabbi Krakowski On Parshas Nitzavim-Vayeilech

By admin on September 3, 2010

ByRabbi Y. Dov Krakowski
This week’s Sedra is one of the most powerful and emotional in the Torah. It is a Sedra very fitting to be read annually during Elul in close proximity to the Days of Awe. The Torah expresses to us the idea of free will – the ability to choose between right and [...]

Shomrim Members Shot in Boro Park

By admin on September 3, 2010

Update below: Less than a week after an attempted robbery and shooting at the Apple Bank on 13th Avenue in the heart of Boro Park shook the community, multiple members of the Boro Park Shomrim have been shot this evening. Ambulances are currently at the scene, treating the victims, who are volunteer members of the [...]

Time: How Barack Obama Became Mr. Unpopular

By admin on September 2, 2010

Michael Scherer writes in Time Magazine:
The Barack Obama that most Hoosiers remember voting for can still be found on YouTube. He stands before a cheering Elkhart high school gymnasium in August 2008, tireless, aspirational, promising a new America of jobs and hope. “We can choose another future,” says the newcomer with the funny name. “So I [...]

Video: Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe Visits Belzer Rebbe

By admin on September 2, 2010

[Video below.] Last night, the Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe of Netanya, Rav Tzvi Elimelech Halberstam, paid a visit to the Belzer Rebbe, Rav Yissochor Dov Rokeach, at his home in Kiryat Belz, Yerushalayim.
The visit took place ahead of Rosh Hashanah to wish the Belzer Rebbe a gut gebentched yohr. During the brief meeting, the two admorim exchanged [...]

A Kiruv Response: Don’t Put Our Children on Ice

By admin on September 2, 2010

By Rabbi Yitzchok Lowenbraun
The Matzav.com reader’s comment on “It’s Time to Put Kiruv on Ice” begs a response. The halachic basis for kiruv is not questionable. It is at the very core and essence of every Jew’s obligation. I once encountered Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt”l and he asked me what I do. As I [...]

Baltimore City’s Leadership Honors Hatzalah in Downtown Press Conference

By admin on September 2, 2010

On Tuesday, in a unique event for Baltimore’s frum community, Baltimore City’s leadership hailed this city’s Hatzalah organization as a prime example of what happens when the city and its people work together to improve life and health for everyone.Fire Chief Jim Clack opened the ceremony by hailing Hatzalah’s cooperative relationship with city offices. He, [...]

Lakewood Special-Ed Saga Continues

By admin on September 2, 2010

The seemingly never-ending Tiny Tots-special-ed saga in Lakewood, NJ, continued last night as the Lakewood Board of Education held an Open House for students who formerly attended an out-of-district program – such as Tiny Tots or Ready-Set-Grow – and wished to enroll in the new district-run Early Childhood Center program. The Open House was held [...]

As ‘Peace Talks’ Go On, Palestinian Authority Honors Woman for Raising Killers

By admin on September 2, 2010

As direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority began this week in Washington, the PA gave an award to a woman for raising four sons who all murdered Israelis in terrorist attacks. PA Minister of Prisoners Affairs Issa Karake gave the “Shield of Resoluteness and Giving” to the mother of the Abu Hamid brothers, [...]

Ellis Island Immigrants’ Oral Histories Go Online

By admin on September 2, 2010

Lawrence Meinwald’s voice starts shaking when he recalls the first time he saw the Statue of Liberty. It was 1920, and the young Polish boy was on a ship with his family, headed to Ellis Island and a new life in America.
“It was a great sight. I didn’t know what it meant. But we stayed [...]

Israeli Rabbinate Bans Sale of Treife Meat

By admin on September 2, 2010

Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Rav Yona Metzger has ordered a complete halt in importers’ sale of non-kosher meat to Israeli chains.  Rav Metzger’s decision has great implications for meat importers, who rushed to stop all sales after hearing it, according to him.  
In the debate held at the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, Rav Metzger mentioned that the original [...]

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